Argynnus
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Argynnus () is a young and handsome boy from Boeotia. He is said to have been a lover of the Greek king Agamemnon, and to have later died in the Cephissus river. Agamemnon subsequently establishes the worship of Aphrodite under the epithet "Argynnus".
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In Greek mythology, Argynnus () is a young and handsome boy from Boeotia. He is said to have been a lover of the Greek king Agamemnon, and to have later died in the Cephissus river. Agamemnon subsequently establishes the worship of Aphrodite under the epithet "Argynnus".
His story is told by the Greek elegiac poet Phanocles, as well as by Athenaeus and the Roman poet Propertius.
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